| Name | CVE-2014-8154 |
| Description | The Gst.MapInfo function in Vala 0.26.0 and 0.26.1 uses an incorrect buffer length declaration for the Gstreamer bindings, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 775913 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vala (PTS) | bullseye | 0.48.17-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.56.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.56.17-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vala | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| vala-0.14 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| vala-0.16 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| vala-0.26 | source | (unstable) | 0.26.1-1.1 | | | 775913 |
Notes
- vala-0.16 <not-affected> (MapInfo not yet present)
- vala-0.14 <not-affected> (MapInfo not yet present)
- vala <not-affected> (MapInfo not yet present)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678663
https://git.gnome.org/browse/vala/commit/?id=3092537db65887e24a3d3e87a27caf9c5295e4f7
Binaries with buggy bindings package that use Gst.MapInfo() function
are affected as well and need to be rebuilt, shotwell, rygel, ...